With its bi-monthly members-only Film Appreciation Night Series, the Bosque Film Society presents Bob Fosse’s 1979 musical drama/fantasy ALL THAT JAZZ August 9 at The Cliftex in Clifton

By BRETT VOSS

Bosque Film Society Founding Board President

Following our month board meeting Tuesday, August 9 at 5:30 p.m., the Bosque Film Society cordially invites all members to attend its members-only FILM APPRECIATION NIGHT featuring Bob Fosse’s 1979 musical drama/fantasy ALL THAT JAZZ at 6:30 p.m. at The Cliftex Theatre in Clifton with an introductory presentation by Bosque Film Society founding vice president Angela Smith.

ALL THAT JAZZ is a 1979 American musical drama film directed by Bob Fosse, starring Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange and Ben Vereen. The screenplay, by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse, is a semi-autobiographical fantasy based on aspects of Fosse’s life and career as a dancer, choreographer and director.

The film won the Palme d’Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. At the 52nd Academy Awards, it was nominated for nine Oscars, winning four: Best Original Score, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, and Best Film Editing.

Upon release in 1979, director Stanley Kubrick, who is mentioned in the movie, reportedly called it “[the] best film I think I have ever seen.” In 2001, ALL THAT JAZZ was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

The FILM APPRECIATION NIGHT SERIES represents one of the two film series the Bosque Film Society offers its members every month, presenting free classic movies beautifully restored history Cliftex Theatre.

Upcoming FILM APPRECIATION NIGHT presentations will include:

Oct. 11 — Out of Africa (1985)

Dec. 13 — Christmas Party: White Christmas (1954)

Upcoming ARTHOUSE FILM NIGHT presentations will include:

Sept. 13 — Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Nov. 8 – Day for Night (1973)

Since this will be a private showing, BYOB will be allowed, and the theatre concession stand will be open for purchases. Although the event will be closed to the public, those wishing to become Bosque Film Society members Tuesday night will be admitted.

For more information about joining the Bosque Film Society’s non-profit efforts to support The Cliftex Theatre, the longest continuously-operating movie house in Texas, showing films since 1916, visit our website at: www.bosquefilm.com.